Indigenous Peoples' Day

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, tonlé is initiating a monthly payment of our Shuumi land tax in recognition of the fact that our business operates in San Francisco on stolen Ohlone land; we are sharing this in the hopes that other bay area businesses that benefit from being located in this region will consider a contribution as well.
 
The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual financial contribution that non-Indigenous people living or working on traditional Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone territory make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust - an urban Indigenous women-led community organization that facilitates the return of Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone lands in the San Francisco Bay Area to Indigenous stewardship. The Shuumi Land Tax directly supports Sogorea Te’s work to acquire and preserve land, establish a cemetery to reinter stolen Ohlone ancestral remains and build urban gardens, community centers, and sacred arbors so current and future generations of Indigenous people can thrive in the Bay Area. Sogorea Te creates opportunities for all people living in Ohlone territory to work together to re-envision the Bay Area community and what it means to live on Ohlone land. Guided by the belief that land is the foundation that can bring us together, Sogorea Te calls on us all to heal from the legacies of colonialism and genocide, to remember different ways of living, and to do the work that our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do.